South Africa
S African expats must assess tax liability before September
In the furore over the removal of the tax exemption on foreign earnings, it has become clear that many South African expats are not fully aware of their existing tax obligations on offshore savings and investments and time is running out, warns Old Mutual Wealth’s David Denton.
S Africa inks key legislation to overhaul financial regulation
After nearly two years’ delay, South African president Jacob Zuma finally signed the Financial Sector Regulation Act (2017) into law on Monday, which established two new financial regulators.
South African tax amnesty on undeclared offshore assets flops
Just a few hundred South African taxpayers have taken advantage of the country’s special voluntary disclosure programme (SVDP) which is due to end on the 31 August.
Repealing South African expat tax not ‘crazy’ says tax chief
A plan to scrap an exemption on taxing foreign employment income is not a “crazy proposal” when compared with other jurisdictions, the head of tax and financial sector policy at South Africa’s National Treasury has said.
Clock ticking for South African tax amnesty
Taxpayers in South Africa have less than a month to come clean and regularise any undisclosed or unauthorised foreign assets or income before the country’s Special Voluntary Disclosure Programme (SVDP) ends on 31 August.